Plow.



G. J. TUSETH.

PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1913.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. TUSETH,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Osseo, in the county' ofHennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Plows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to plows and has for its object to provide a deviceto be attached to the landside of a plow which will slice ofi or breakdown an additional segment of the furrow wall back of said landside sothat the furrow slice turned by the share will be of somewhat less widththan the furrow actually cut so that succeeding furrow slices will fallflat in the furrow and not stand on edge as is at present true,especially in breaking The full objects and advantages of my inventionwill appear in connection. with the detailed description thereof and areparticularly pointed out inthe claims. 7

In the drawings, illustrating the application of my invention in oneforn1,Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a plow having my attachmentsecured thereto viewed from beneath. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4:shows a modified form of the means for attaching the slicer to thelandside. Fig. 5 shows a means for pulling down the side of the furrowwall consisting of a series of hooks. Fig. 6 is a cliagmmmaticviewshowing the manner in which the successive furrow slices lie in ordinaryplowing, while Fig. 7 shows diagrammatically in the manner in which thefurrow slices will lie when employing my invention.

In plowing, especially in breaking new land, where the usual form ofplow is employed, the successive furrows or slices of land turned overby the plow do not fall flat upside down but the furrows are tipped onedge resting with one edge upon the solid subsoil and at the other edgeupon the furrow previously turned, as shown on Fig. 6. This leaves acavity, such as indicated at 10, in which there isno earth so that thereis more or less circulation and the sides Wl11Cl1 have been turneddryout very rapidly. This has long been recog- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

. Application filed January 29, 1913. Serial No. 744,890.

nized as a serious defect in plowing. Many devices, such as diskharrows, have been invented and employed for cut-ting upthese upendedsods so that pieces thereof may fall into the cavities and the soil becompacted so it will not dry out. Oftentimes, in fact usually, it is thepractice to plant crops directly upon the freshly turned sod. Most ofthe flax grown in the country 1s so planted and many other crops do wellunder those conditions. But if dry weather follows, owing to thecavities under the sods,

the sods may become so dry that either the seed does not germinate, orworse, after germination is killed. It has been found that because ofthe fact that the cavities which I have referred to are buried beneaththe sods, none of the leveling and harrowing devices in use willetiectively fill all of these cavities so as to prevent drying of thesods. Moreover, the harrowing an dishing is otherwise undesirablebecause it cuts up and pulverizes the sod to too great an extent. Mydevice remedies this unfavorable condition in plowing by turning down anadditional slice from the furrow wall at the landside, so that thefurrow slice turned over by the plow share is of sufliciently less widththan the furrow into which it should descend to permit said slice toturn completely over and lie flat upon the ground. Many difierent formsof devices for this purpose may be employed, and it is to a largeextentimmaterial how the same isattached to the plow so long as itoperates without interfering with any of the plowing devices.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 4, a blade 11 is carried upon an upright orframe member 12 which has a portion securely bolted at 13 to thelandside 14 of the plow, the bolts extending through from the outsideand having their heads countersunk, as best shown in Fig. 4, so that thesurface of the landside will be smooth, as indicated. The blade 11 willbe turned outwardly relative to the landside so that it will tend todraw the earth which it slices from the side of the furrow wall inwardlyand throw the same down upon the bottom of the furrow. The frame 12 ismade sufficiently high so thatin no case will the upper part of saidside of the landside.

' 1 frame where the same overreaches the edge of the furrow wall come incontact with the, surface oftheground or any object normally 7 throughthe landside and through an aperture in the rearwardly extended frame-member which forms the pivotal connection of frame with lug 17.Surrounding the bolt 18 and extendingbetween the portion'20 and a.collar or nut 21 on the bolt 20 is a spring22 which operates to force,the member 20 toward the landside I4 and con sequently force the blade11 outwardly therefrom. A bolt 23 is threaded into portion- 20 andhasthe end thereof held in engagement withthe inner; side of thelandside by means of spring 22. By this bolt 23 vthe member 20 may beadjusted to cut a greater or less slice from the furrow wall.

The spring permits the-blade 11 to jump inwardly should it contact witha stone or root which had been passedby the plow proper, thus preventingbreakage.

In some cases where the land is quite stony I contemplate using adevice, such as shown in Fig. 5, which comprises a base member or plate2a secured by bolts 25 to the inside of the landside 14: of the plow.Extending outwardly from this base 24: are

I' a suitable number of hooks 26,27, 28 and 29. The hooks are spacedapart both vertically and rearwardly, hook 26 being the bottom hook andthe nearest thelandside. Hook 27 is positioned so asto cut from thefurrow wall just above the part out by hook 26 and not quite so deeplyas hook 26. Similarly hook 28 cuts above the part out by hook 27 and notso deeply as hook 27, and hook29 cuts still higher up and less deeplythan hook 28. When this arrangement is used in shallow plowing it may bethat hook 29 or even hook 28 might not engage the furrow wall. while indeeper plowing all would engage. These hooks operate to tear the earthfrom the furrow wall and will spread the same quite evenly in the bottomof the furrow while their successive elevation from the hook 26 whichcuts lowest down to the hook 29 which cuts highest up will permit readyclearance of all of the earth torn out and will prevent clogging.

The mode of operation of my improvements and the advantages incidentthereto have been fully pointed out connection I I claim withfthedetailed description thereof, 7

1.;a 10w tak ng a iaii'dsia, a moldting off a slice of 'landoutside ofthe landside and of full depth and depositing it in "the furrow -towidenthe furrow.

3. PA plow having a landside, and means" of the furrow wall of fulldepth and deposconnected Wlthythfi landside J and having a portionextending outwardly beyond the outer plane and to the rear of saidlantlside for cutting oifa vertical slice'ofearth of full depth outsidethei-landside to widen the j furrow, h l V i V 4. A'plow having alandside, a frame member secured to said landside, and a vertical bladecarried by said frame member outside cf theouter plane of said'landside.w andpositioned to cut a slice'ofearth of full I depth from the furrowwall and deposit it nthe furrow. T a v i 5. A plowhaving a landside, afra member connected to said landsi'deso as to have freedom of movementrelative there- 7 to, a blade carried by said frame member, andmeansyieldin'glyholding said frame member in such position thatitheblade'will cut a slice of earth alongthe-furrow wall and outside theouter plane of the landside.

6. A plow having'alandside and a frame member pivotally connected to theinner Side of said landside so as to havefreedom of movement relativethereto a blade carand outside the outer. plane of the landside.

7. A' plow having a, landside, aQframe member secured to'said landside,a vertical blad carried by said frame member outside of the outerplaneof said landside and positioned to cut a slice of earth from thefun' rowwall and deposit itin the furrow, and a bolt mounted on said; framemember adapted to adjustably vary the thickness of the slice of earth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES J. TUS-ETH.

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